Birth of a Crane

Everyone knows that feeling when suddenly a plan falls together. Recently we had this when we got our new visual style presented (by the way, don’t you love it?) by the cool guys from buro302. They created a minimal origami theme, in which the folded figures resemble the different stages of life. When seeing this, our team member Corine Jansen remembered how 1000 cranes were folded during the funeral of Jip Keizer who died of cancer in 2012. The folding of these birds symbolise health and prosperity. Or in other words: they symbolise the essence of life.

But wait, wasn’t that our theme this year?! Of course, the crane should be the symbol of TEDxNijmegen 2013: accelerate from age 0 to 110. We dove into the art of folding the little creatures and luckily found an expert to help us to master our skills.

TEDxNijmegen

TEDx Worldwide

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxNijmegen, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxNijmegen event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.